..A rare case of strangulated small bowel through a defect in the falciform ligament is presented to emphasize the possibility of complication after the creation of a window in the falciform ligament during laparoscopic surgery...

..The value of laparoscopy in appendicitis is not established. Studies suffer from multiple limitations. Our aim is to compare the safety and benefits of laparoscopic versus open appendectomy in a prospective randomized double blind study...

..With the development of laparoscopic splenectomy, there is renewed interest in the surgical treatment of ITP. The aim of this study was to identify factors that are predictive of outcome after laparoscopic splenectomy for ITP...

..To evaluate the efficacy of mesh fixation with fibrin sealant (FS) in laparoscopic preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair and to compare it with stapled fixation...

Laparoscopic splenectomy

N KatkhoudaDepartment of Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USASurg Clin North Am 80:1285-97. 2000

..Laparoscopic splenectomy for selected hematologic disorders should replace open splenectomy as the technique of choice and prompt earlier consideration of surgery when it is indicated...

Laparoscopic management of benign liver disease

N KatkhoudaDepartment of Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, USASurg Clin North Am 80:1203-11. 2000

..Laparoscopic resection of liver metastases with a safety margin of 1 cm, when the total number is less than four, is not unreasonable and can be offered to patients without evidence of extrahepatic disease...

..In fact, in 2002, the Cochrane Database Review concluded: 1) the clinical effects of LA are "small and of limited clinical relevance," and 2) the effects of LA in perforated appendicitis require further study...

..Indications and contraindications, which depend on the nature of the disease, the duration of the perforation and the location, are discussed in detail...

Establishing an acute care surgery service: lessons learned from the epidemiology of emergent non-trauma patients and increasing utilization of laparoscopy

Allison L SpeerDepartment of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California and Los Angeles County USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USAJ Trauma 69:938-42. 2010

..Our objective was to identify the demographics and spectrum of diseases in patients presenting with non-trauma surgical emergencies and the use of laparoscopy in emergent surgery in light of implementing an acute care surgery model...